Identification certificates for motor vehicles



COUNTY W. C. AYERS Filed Juno 6. 192:;

IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE FOR VEflICLES DEFGHIJKLM Oct. 13, 1925.

I INVENTOR. "Um yells ATTORNEY.

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with a conventionally designated line 14 for the recs ticn of thelicense number of the car, an below theline 14 with a conventionalldesignated line 15 for the reception of the etters of the identifyingcodc.

Arranged below the pictorial re resentetioiti\, 5, 6, and extendingtransverse y of the portion 1, is an identifying code consisting of theletters of the alphabet, as In 19 dicated at it, the digits 1 to 9 asind1- noted at 17, and a cipher as indicated at 1 8. The letters of thealphabet are arranged n two transverse rows and each letter Within arectan lar space 19 formed by trans- 15 verse on .longitudinal lines 20,21. rcspectively. Certain of the longitudinal lines are extended, as at22, and in connection with a transverse line 23 and one ofthe transverselines rectangular spaces 24 are provided for the digits 17. A pair ofintermediate lon 'tudinal lines 21 are extended as at 25, an inconnection with the transverse line 26 and the transverse line 23 arectangular space 27 is provided for the cipher 18.

' Below the code, the body portion 1, is provided with conventionallydesi ated lines 28, 29, 3G, 31, 32 and 33 for t e reception respectivelyof the owners name, his street number, the city in which he resides, the

- county in which the city is situated and State to which the countybelongs, and further for the name of the county representm tive.

The pictorial representation 5 or 6 of the 35 motor vehicle is adaptedto have positioned thereon letters or digits. of the code which havebeen selected and stamped on concealed parts or secret noinm of a motorvehicle',so

. that the letters or digits will appear on a pictorial representationat o nts corrcspending to the oints on which they have been applied tothe motor vehicle. By way of example, it would be assumed that theletters A, G and W have been applied to the motor vehicle foridentification purposes and that the said letters A, G and W are thenplaced on a pictorial representation at points corresponding to thepoints at which they appear on the vehicle. From the selected letters ofthe code, such letters corresponding to those which have been placed onthe vehicle, extend arrows for indicating cooled point or points on thevehicle and that after being cut, stamped or otherwise applied to thevehicle the fiictorial re sentation of the vehicle wi have app 16dthereto, such combination at places corrospending to the position of thecombination on the vehicle.

When usiu the certificate, the certificate I will preferaby be issued inquadruplicate and one copy will be attached to the insurance policy, acopy sent to the insurance company, another copy forwarded to theautomobile theft bureau, and the remaming copy retained in the ofiice ofthe agent writing the policy, or in other words, the certificate sodescnbing onee ownershi of the vehicle Wlll be made out for each ve icleowner, having the car insured and a copy will be placed with theinsurance policy and other pro r authorities.

The 00 0 provides means for identifyinga stolen vehicle when the engineand license numbers have been removed or whcnthc car has been disguisedand as. the code is ap lied to secret or concealed arts of the ve fcle,the tampering therewi is reduced to a minimum.

The code letters selected, if desired, may be the initials of the nameof the owner of the vehicle, and although the code is illustrated asconsisting of letters of the al habet and digits, so that either or acom ination of both can be used, yet it is to be understood that anysuitable code capable of carrying the invention into effect can beemployed.

The identification certificate, not only includes means to provide forthe identifying of a vehicle, through the medium of an identifying code,but furthermore contains all the regular designations, indications ordata usually found 11 on a motor vehicle.

Although the pre erred embodiment of the motor vehicle identificationcertificate, in accordance with this invention, is as described andillustrated, yet idle to be understood that changes in its form can behad, such as adding thereto the name of the association issuing thecertificate or that the certificate can be ornamented in any suitablemanner or that, changes in the arming:

ment of the data receiving means, can had which will fall within thelight of the invention as claimed.

What I claim is 1. An identification certificate for motor vehiclescomprisinga body portion, means thereon to provide a code of selectiveidentifying indicia, means on said body portion to constitute thepictorial rcpresentation of a motor vehicle with the engine ex'- posedfor recording thereon indicia selected from said code at-pointscorresponding to the points of a motor vehicle upon which have beenapplied like identifying. indicia selected from said code, and said bodypor- 'tion further provided with conventionally designated means for therecording of the re lar designations carried by a motor vehicle andfurther for the reception of the vehicle owners name and his address.

-2. An identification certificate for motor vehicles comprising a bodyortion, means thereon to constitute a co e of selective identifyingindicia, means on said body vehicles having the engine exposed andprocia selected from said code at points corresponding to the oints of amotor vehicle upon which have been applied like identifying indiciaselected from said code, and sand body portion further provided'withconventionally designated means for the reception a of the regulardesignations carried by a motor vehicle and further for the reception ofv the vehicle owners name and his address. portion to constitute thepictorial represe'ntav tion of a pair ,of oppositely disposed motor 3 Intestimony whereof, I aflix my signature hereto.

WILLIAM .o. AYERS.

